Duplin ServSafe training available

Duplin County Cooperative Extension and Duplin County Environmental Health are collaborating to provide the nationally recognized ServSafe training for food managers and their staff starting April 19.

ServSafe is an 18-hour food safety certification course developed by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation for food service managers and supervisory staff in restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes and other food service establishments. Classes are 1-4 p.m., on April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 and May 3. Registration has begun and ends April 8. Tuition, which includes the textbook and all class materials, is $110 per student. The workshop will be held at the Duplin Cooperative Extension office.

The ServSafe workshop facilitators include Wanda Clay, Duplin Cooperative Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Agent, staff from the Duplin County Environmental Health Department, and other food and environmental specialists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Additional information or registration forms are available at the Cooperative Extension office by calling Ms. Clay or Emily Walter at (910) 296-2143.